Culture
A Mediocre Flash Can’t Outrun Its Own Hero: Review
The high-profile allegations against Ezra Miller cast a pall over the latest superhero blockbuster.
Ezra Miller as the Flash.
Photographer: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
How many times will we have to hear a character explain the multiverse?
By now the “multiple versions of the same world exist” spiel has been delivered to audiences by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, best picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once and the Spider-Verse movies. In DC’s latest, The Flash, Michael Keaton, returning to his former role as Bruce Wayne-Batman, gets to deliver the tutorial, using a plate of overcooked spaghetti as a prop. It’s exciting to see Keaton turn on his vintage Batman growl, but does it have to be for this? Again?